Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
BALI vs SCHD
iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF and Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and SCHD hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | SCHD |
|---|---|---|
| Home Depot Inc/The | 1.52% | 3.37% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | 1.08% | 2.71% |
| Texas Instruments Inc | 0.96% | 5.92% |
| Comcast Corp | 0.90% | 2.25% |
| Chevron Corp | 0.79% | 3.84% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | 0.77% | 5.10% |
| Altria Group Inc | 0.74% | 2.94% |
| Darden Restaurants Inc | 0.81% | 0.59% |
| Blackstone Inc | 0.54% | 2.21% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 0.42% | 2.94% |
| United Parcel Service Inc | 0.38% | 1.99% |
| Regions Financial Corp | 0.34% | 0.61% |
| Only in BALI | Only in SCHD |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 7.90% | Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55% |
| NVIDIA Corp 7.73% | ConocoPhillips 3.52% |
| Apple Inc 6.59% | Amgen Inc 3.48% |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.52% | Abbott Laboratories 2.97% |
| Alphabet Inc 3.73% | Accenture PLC 2.90% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 2.05% | Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.25% |
| Alphabet Inc 2.02% | SLB Ltd 2.06% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% | EOG Resources Inc 1.82% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | iShares | Schwab |
| What it is | covered call, vs SPY | US dividend |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +30.3% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +1.0 pts | +10.3 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.06% |
| Holdings | n/a | 99 |
BALI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.4%, paid monthly.
SCHD in plain words
SCHD is a index equity fund tracking US dividend. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +30.3% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BALI or SCHD?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and SCHD returned +30.3%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Are BALI and SCHD the same kind of fund?
- No. BALI is an option-income ETF and SCHD is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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